Independent Collectors

Part Two

What happens when the private interacts with the public, and when personal decisions become a public matter?

In the first part of the exhibition from the Haus N Collection titled “Vom Grossen und Ganzen”, the works were sorted, organized, and grouped according to particular subjects. The resulting exhibition provided a representative overview of over 200 international works of contemporary art.

In the second part, also housed at the Gerisch-Stiftung, Neumünster, six curators dissect the Haus N Collection by selecting their favorite pieces to create heir own personal exhibitions. Each of the six curators had free rein, turning the collector into a mere spectator. The group was made up of a diverse set characters such as; an art journalist from Berlin, a class of school children from Neumünster, a foundation chairman, a north German artist, the director of an art association and a construction industry manager. Each curator provides a different take on curating, using inspirations from inside and outside the art world, and finally rearranging the collection according to their own rules, giving it their individual fingerprint.

STEPHEN CRAIG, Underground Cinema, 2005. Photo: Marianne Obst
STEPHEN CRAIG, Underground Cinema, 2005. Photo: Marianne Obst
ZHANG HUI, Intervall 1, 2006. Photo: Marianne Obst
ZHANG HUI, Intervall 1, 2006. Photo: Marianne Obst
HANNAH PERRY, Loud Voices (You’re Gonna Be Great I), 2015. Photo: Marianne Obst
HANNAH PERRY, Loud Voices (You’re Gonna Be Great I), 2015. Photo: Marianne Obst
PETER RATHMANN, Pinhole Views on the Southwest, 1996–1998. Photo: Marianne Obst
PETER RATHMANN, Pinhole Views on the Southwest, 1996–1998. Photo: Marianne Obst
MARLENA KUDLICKA, 'unprotected 0' fig. 180º, 2015. Photo: Marianne Obst
MARLENA KUDLICKA, 'unprotected 0' fig. 180º, 2015. Photo: Marianne Obst
PIOTR NATHAN, Der Dieb der Melancholie, 1997. Photo: Marianne Obst
PIOTR NATHAN, Der Dieb der Melancholie, 1997. Photo: Marianne Obst
BERNHARD LEHMANN, Sitting Bull, 1989. Photo: Marianne Obst
BERNHARD LEHMANN, Sitting Bull, 1989. Photo: Marianne Obst
BRITTA HANSEN, Zuhause im Gehege, 1993. Photo: Marianne Obst
BRITTA HANSEN, Zuhause im Gehege, 1993. Photo: Marianne Obst
ALEXEJ MESCHTSCHANOW, Sleeping Girl, 2011. Photo: Marianne Obst
ALEXEJ MESCHTSCHANOW, Sleeping Girl, 2011. Photo: Marianne Obst
ANDREAS REINHARDT, Augenpaare, 1997. Photo: Marianne Obst
ANDREAS REINHARDT, Augenpaare, 1997. Photo: Marianne Obst
GRIT HACHMEISTER, Showing Athens To My Tits, 2007; BJÖRN DAHLEM, Roter Riese, 2001. Photo: Marianne Obst
GRIT HACHMEISTER, Showing Athens To My Tits, 2007; BJÖRN DAHLEM, Roter Riese, 2001. Photo: Marianne Obst
SYLVIE FLEURY, Cuddly Painting, 1993; GERWALD ROCKENSCHAUB, Acrylic Glass Object, 2007. Photo: Marianne Obst
SYLVIE FLEURY, Cuddly Painting, 1993; GERWALD ROCKENSCHAUB, Acrylic Glass Object, 2007. Photo: Marianne Obst
RUPPRECHT MATTHIES , huch, 2001. Photo: Marianne Obst
RUPPRECHT MATTHIES , huch, 2001. Photo: Marianne Obst
ANTONIA LOW, Res Publica, 2009. Photo: Marianne Obst
ANTONIA LOW, Res Publica, 2009. Photo: Marianne Obst